'We want to go back to work', Bolsonaro's supporters claim as Brazil passes 50,000 coronavirus deaths

Record ID: 1558150

  • Title: 'We want to go back to work', Bolsonaro's supporters claim as Brazil passes 50,000 coronavirus deaths
  • Date: 21st June 2020
  • Summary: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (JUNE 21, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS OF BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO WAVING A GIANT BRAZILIAN FLAG DEMONSTRATOR WEARING A T-SHIRT WITH BOLSONARO'S FACE ON IT THAT READS (Portuguese): "BOLSONARO PRESIDENT 2022" VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED DEMONSTRATOR WEARING BOLSONARO T-SHIRT, CHANTING "BOLSONARO, BOLSONARO" (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BOLSONARO'S SUPPORTER, GIOVANNI FALCONI, SAYING: "In support of our president Jair Messias Bolsonaro. We want to go back to work, we want support for shopkeepers, support for entrepreneurs. These people here in Sao Paulo today, we are in support of Brazil. Let the work come back. Quarantine, yes, only the vertical (quarantine), the horizontal (quarantine) is not compatible and people over sixty who have a health problem stay at home." VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS WEARING FACE MASKS WITH BOLSONARO'S FACE DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING SIGNS SIGN READING: "#IMPEACHMENTDOSTF" DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING SIGN (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BOLSONARO'S SUPPORTER, AGATHA ZAMEL, SAYING: "Everyone has to unite against evil. I think people have a lot of power and they don't realize it yet. Everyone should be united instead of divided as they are now." DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING SIGNS BY SIDE OF ROAD VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATOR WAVING BRAZILIAN FLAG DEMONSTRATORS WAVING GIANT BRAZILIAN FLAG DEMONSTRATOR WEARING T-SHIRT WITH BOLSONARO'S FACE THAT READS (Portuguese): "BOLSONARO PRESIDENT"
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2020 23:31
  • Keywords: Bolsonaro's supporters Brazil COVID-19 President Jair Bolsonaro Sao Paulo coronavirus protest
  • Location: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
  • City: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Reuters ID: LVA001CJBCYFB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday (June 21) to call for an end to the coronavirus restrictions and the resumption of economic activities even as Brazil passed 50,000 coronavirus deaths.
    Demonstrators drapped in Brazilian flags gathered in one of Sao Paulo's main avenue to show their support of Bolsonaro, who has shunned social distancing during the pandemic and called it a job-killing measure more dangerous than the virus itself.
    Brazil, the world's No. 2 coronavirus hot spot after the United States, officially passed 50,000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, a blow for a country already grappling with more than 1 million cases, rising political instability and a crippled economy.
    The country now has a total of 1,085,038 confirmed cases and 50,617 deaths, up from 49,976 on Saturday (June 20), the Health Ministry said. Experts say the true numbers are a lot higher because of a lack of widespread testing.
    Since first arriving in the country, the virus' rapid spread has eroded support for Bolsonaro, sometimes called the "Tropical Trump," and has raised fears of economic collapse after years of anemic growth.
    (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Liamar Ramos)
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